Shield for automobile windows



Jan. 7, 1930.

SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILE WINDOWS Filed Sept. 11, 1926 T. J. KELLEHER 1,742,815 7 Patented Jan. 7, 1930 UNlTED STATES THOMAS J. KELLEHER, or c rrcaco nninors SHIELD FOR no'romonrnn wmnows Application filed September 11, 1 925. Seria1 lf1' o, 134,8 71

This invention relates to a shield which will permit the glass in a frame provided therefor to be partially opened, by sliding it in said frame, during a storm and which will prevent rain from entering said opened glass, and also a shield which will prevent a determined amount of the suns rays, in clear weather, from entering the automobile.

Among the objects of the invention is to obtain a shield which can be readily inserted in the frame in which a sheet of glass is slidably mounted, when said glass is wholly or partially lowered in said frame, and can be easily removed from said frame. An additional object is to obtain a shield which can be mounted as described which can be moved up or down in the sash or frame above the lowered glass to the position desired. An additional object is to provide means whereby a closed car can be ventilated during a rain storm. An additional object is to obtain a shield of the kind described which is economically made, is durable and of good appearance when mounted on an automobile.

In the drawing referred to Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a portion of one side of an automobile with a shield embodying this invention installed thereon. Fig. 2 is an end view of the shield illustrated in Fig. 1, removed from the automobile. And Fig. 3 is a front elevation of one end of said shield, removed from the automobile. Fig. 4 is a front view of the frame of the shield.

A reference character applied to designate a given part indicates said part throughout the several figures of the drawing whereever the same appears.

1 represents a portion of one side of an automobile. 2 represents the portion of said side which serves as the sash of a sheet of glass, and 3 represents said glass. The bottom of part 2 of the side of the automobile is removed so the glass can be moved below the opening covered by the glass, in the ordinary construction of closed automobiles. 4 is a broken line which indicates where the upper edge of the glass 3 may be positioned when the device embodying the invention is installed. 5 represents the frame of the shield, which is preferably made of a resilient rod, provided with bends 6, 7 8, 9,10, I

11, and'12, at each end ofthe frame. By making theseveral bends in the rod I obtain the parallel horizontal members 13, 14, and a vertical member 15 at each end of the frame. The ends of the rod are made to meet in the preferred one of the parallel-members 13, 14, and said ends are braised together" to retain the resiliency thereof 16 represents fabric which is secured on the parallel members 13,14, by being turned thereover and stitched, as at 17 and 18, respectively. 19 represents the portion of the fabric which extends below the member 14, in afsubstan tially' vertical plane, and is preferably scalloped at its lower edge and protected by the binding represented by 20.

The resilient rod of which the frame 5 is made is of slightly less diameter than the thickness of glass 3.

When made as described I find the frame 5 is of suflicient resiliency to permit the parts 15 at the ends of the frame to be inserted in the grooves of the sash in which the glass 3 is slidably mounted, and the said members 13, let being of proper length relative to the width of the glass, when so inserted said parts 15 are forced against the bottom of said grooves, to retain the shield in any given position, whether it be at the upper ends of the grooves or a determined distance below said upper ends.

By using these shields the glass can be lowered in its sash and a considerable portion of the rays of the sun excluded from the car, and in case of a rain storm the glass can be lowered sufliciently to ventilate the car, without permitting any rain water to be driven into it.

I claim:

1. In an awning for automobiles which are provided with sheets of glass movable in grooves, a resilient frame formed of an integral resilient wire bent to obtain groove engaging members and also transversely bent to ofiset said groove engaging members and outwardly bent to obtain horizontal members, and additionally bent to obtain parallel members at substantially right angles to said horizontal members, said horizontal,

parallel and groove engaging members being so related to said grooves as to force said groove engaging members to the bottoms of said grooves, in combination with fabric mounted on said parallel members.

2. A shade or awning for motor vehicles, comprising a unitary frame having upper and lower horizontal support rods, resilient end spreaders, adapted to fit and be frictionally held in the sash channels of the window openings of the vehicle, said spreaders engaging both the upper and lower horizontal rods.

3. A construction such as that described in claim 2, in which the frame comprises upper and and lower support rods, spring end spreaders, the ends of which engage the ends of the rods holding the rods in spaced apart relation and the fabric stretched on the frame.

4. A shade or awning for motor vehicles comprising a frame consisting of a single wire having upper and lower horizontal support-members, resilient end spreader members integral with said lower horizontal support member and vertical members connecting said end members and said upper horizontal support member, said vertical members adapted to be sprung into the sash channels of the window openings of the vehicles and to frictionally hold said frame in a determined position.

THOMAS J KELLEHER. 

